Shuttle-guard for looms.



. 0. POPE.

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 2.15, 191s. 1,077,553, Patented Nov. 4,1913.

iran stares raru'r orion TOOMBS O. POPE, OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, ASSIGNORTO DRAPER COMPANY, OF HOPE- DALE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF'MAINE.

SHUTTLE-GUARD FOR LOOIVIS.

Specication of Letters Patent.

' ratenteduov. 4,1913.

Application filed February 15, 1913. Serial No. 748,596. i

To all 'whom t may conce/rn.'

Be it known that I, TooMBs O. Porn, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Columbus, county of Muscogee, State of Georgia, haveinvented an Improvement in Shuttle-Guards for Looms, of which thefollowing descrip tion, in connection with the accompanying drawing, isa speciiication, like characters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention has for its object the production of simple and effectivemeans for preventing` a shuttle in flight from being deflected andthrown out of the loom, breakage by contact of the rapidly movingshuttle with other adjuncts of the loom being thereby eliminated.

In some cases great damage is inflicted upon filling-forks, feelers,temples, and shuttles by the failure of the shuttle to maintain itsproper path when shot across the lay, due principally to a lifting ofthe leading end of the shuttle as it approaches the mouth of ashuttle-box, and notwithstanding the use of the well-known form ofshuttlc-guide made as a stout metal rod carried by the reed-cap andextended lengthwise thereof above the shuttle path.

In accordance with my present invention I mount a shuttle-guard adjacentthe mouth of the shuttle-box and overhang-ing the shuttle path, andherein the guard is shown as mounted securely upon the reed-cap, theguard having a deflecting face which is inclined downwardly toward themouth of the box.

Should the tip of the incoming shuttle tend to lift it will strike thedeflecting face of the guard and thereby will be directed downward toits proper path, effectually preventing the shuttle from being thrownout.

In the practical embodiment of my invention herein selected forillustration the novel features of my invention will be fully describedin the subjoined specification and particularly pointed out in thefollowing claim.

Figure 1 is a transverse section of a portion of an automaticlilling-replenishing loom, taken on the line 1 1, Fig. 2, with oneembodiment of my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a front elevationof the lay and reed, broken out centrally and at the ends to economizespace, showing my novel shuttle-guards adjacent the inner ends or mouthsof the shuttle-boxes; Fig. 3 is a top plan view of aportion of avshuttle-box, the lay, andthe reed-cap, showing the shuttlc-guardoverhanging the shuttle path; Fig. 4 is ay perspective view of theguard, detached.

Referring to the drawing, the lay A., reed B and reed-ca C, the usualguard-rod D on the reed-cap, t e shuttle-boxes E, F, Fig. 2, and thehopper stand Gr, Fig. 1, forming a part of the replenishing mechanism,may be and are all of well known construct-ion familiar to those skilledin the art, the guard rod being secured at its ends to thereedcap bysuitable fastenings I-I and as usual said rod is bent downward towardthe raceway of the lay, at D", the cap C having the usual bevel C". Thisrod 1s designed to hold the shuttle in the loo-m, but frequently failsof its purpose, the flying shuttle uptilting and being thrown out fromthe loom over the top or cover-plate of the shuttlebox, through thespace between the part DX of the guide and the mouth o-f the box. If themis-directed shuttle strikes a temple, filling-fork, or feeler, the partstruck is almost certain to be broken and often the shuttle itself issmashed or badly damaged. To obviate such accidents and to prevent theshuttle from being thrown out under any conditions I have provided ashuttle-guard, mounted adjacent the mouth of the shuttleboX and havingan inclined shuttle-directing or deflecting face.

In the present embodiment of my invention the guard comprises a flatmetal body 1 having on its upper side an upright ear or flange 2,provided with apertures 3, Fig. 4, for the receptionof suitableattaching members, and the body 1 is slotted for a portion of its lengthat 4 adjacent the base of the flange. The plate increases in width fromits slotted end to its outer, lower end 6, as shown clearly in Fig. 3.vThe guard is set up adjacent the mouth of the shuttlebox, and as hereinshown by attaching the flange 2 to the front side of the reed-cap in anysuitable manner, as byscrews 5, the bent of the guide D, DX entering theslot 4 while the bevel CX of the reedcap permits the body 1 to extendunder the said cap practically back to the reed, as shown in Fig. 1,said body being set diagonally and downwardly inclined at its outer endtoward the mouth of the shuttle-box, VFig. 2; The guard is set ormounted low enough on the reed-cap to prevent the point of the shuttlefrom getting in between the lower yedge 6 of the guard and theV topplate of the adjacent shuttle-box, Fig. 2. Y

If the shuttle approaching thebox E, Fig.

` 2, shouldlift up its point would strike the under or deflecting faceof the body 1 of the guard and would thereby be directed downward andreturned to its proper path on the lay.- A similar guard,Y butl reversedas to y position and inclination,y is set at the left hand end of theloom, adjacent the mouth i of the box F, Fig. 2, and about one-half inchof the guard and will be deflected and forced downward so that it mustresumefsubsta'ntially its normal path and enter the box properly.

As shown in Figs. land 3 the width of the deflecting portion or body lof the guard is wide enough to extend well over the path of the shuttleso that the latter when tilted cannot, under the most aggravatedconditions, fail to engage and be deflected by the guard and thereby bevreturned to proper position. Y

The construction is very simple, it can be made at a low cost andapplied readilyand quickly, and adds but little to the weight of thelay.

Changes or modifications in details of con* i l struction may be made bythose skilled in `the art without departing from the spirit and scope ofmy invention as set forth in the annexed claim.

Having fully described my invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In a loom,a lay having a shuttle-box and a reed-cap, and a longitudinally extendedguide-rod on the cap, combined with a shuttle-guard comprising a fiatdeflecting portion slotted to embrace the guide-rod,

and an upturned fla-nge on said detiecting if portion, ixedly secured tothe reed-cap, said d'electing portion overhanging the shuttle path andbeing inclined downward toward the mouth of the box to preventtheshuttle from flying out of the loom.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to'this sp'ecication', inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

TOOMBS O. POPE.

Witnesses l/V. J. HOLDEN, Mrs. E. E. JORDAN.

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